Macho Man Randy Savage's REAL Height REVEALED!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2025
- Macho Man Randy Savage was one of my favorite wrestlers from the 1980's and 90's. He wasn't the biggest guy but he had a huge personality, was a good talker, and had a convincingly dense muscularity combined with good athleticism.
He was billed at 6'2 and 238 pounds, but was he really that tall?
We look at some photographic evidence to try to discern, how tall was macho Man Randy Savage really?
Hulk was a legit 6'6 in his earlier days, doing all those leg drops and other bumps started to compress his height. It got much more noticable when he started having his surgeries
Savage was a legit 6' because I was close enough to him when he was involved in a minor auto accident many years ago. His weight was around 235 back then, in my estimation. Hogan was 6'6" in his prime years and around 290-300 lbs. based on my recolection of his gym workouts. The 6'8" height attributed to Hogan and weight of 325 lb. by various WWF sources were pure fiction.
I was near Randy Savage years ago in his earlier years. He's a true 6ft.. he was just a thick wide guy for his height.
I did say he could be a weak 6' but it just didnt quite look like it to me. it's very hard to tell.
@BecauseYoureWrong I hear you sir.. but his thickness type body can be mis leading unless u seen him in person..I actually met Elizabeth ( his real wife ) the same night she was super nice.
5ft 11 tbh
I know a few people who met him on 99-2000 and they said 6 ft for sure, boots 6'2.
@@scott9628 yes sir
Having stood next to Mean Gene when he was checking out of the hotel I worked at, he looked to be about 5'9". I'm 6'2" and I can say for sure that Randy was not 6'2". They always boost the heights and weights of the wrestlers to make them seem larger than life. And when you're on the floor and they're already 3 feet higher in the ring, you believe they are the height they're billed at. Using shorter announcers/commentators/interviewers/referees helps also.
I thought Mean Gene was less than 5'8".
@@jpbart1390 most sources agree that Gene was only 5'8".
@@PassivePortfolios Either that or a little less.
@@jpbart1390 Savage had some back and neck surgeries which probably reduced his height a bit.
@@PassivePortfolios Him & how many other wrestlers? Savage might've been 6'1" tops, but I think he ended up 6' flat or a little less later on. As it is, I wonder how much height Bull Nakano had lost with all her leg drops from the top rope or top of the cage. No wonder she retired at 29!
Randy Savage was a legit 240lbs when he was in the NWO. The 1971 GCL Cardinals minor league baseball team he played for listed Randy at 18yrs old at 6'1" 195lbs. He put on a lot of muscular weight for wrestling.
I don't know, he's not that tall, he's very wide but not super thick.
Randy Savage might be under 5 '11", because he had custom made clothes and boots. He was really great hardworking tecnical wrestler and most height conscious wrestler ever. E.g standing tiptoes, cowboy boots and choose right camera angles promos. He had best maches, even made ultimatewarrior to look like a realdeal.
Paul Orndorff's son said Paul was 5'11.5 peak height so Randy could be 6'0. My dad thought he was 5'11. Rowdy was around 6 feet peak but when I met him before he passed he was around 5'9 to 5'10.
I have been a pro wrestling fan 30 years and i always thought Randy looked 5'11". If I'm not mistaken he was listed in his baseball days as 5'11". In wrestling, the rule of thumb is they exaggerate on heights by 2-3 inches and they wear huge boots.
Savage often wore cowboy boots when he wasn't wrestling during his early 90's WWE days.
I'm 5'11 and when I met Mach at nitro, he was eye to eye with me.
Interesting.
I love watching your videos. Keep uploading more on wrestlers and i would love to see strongmen videos as well if you're a fan😊
I agree, Macho Man Randy really seems to fall somewhere in the 5 foot 11 range if not 5 foot 11 flat. Honestly something about his proportions makes him seem taller than he actually is. He's got those broad shoulders and plus wearing wrestling boots can cast the illusion of having longer strides.
Great video. 👌 “The British Pitbull” had me wheezing though 💀
Yeah, sometimes I just don't hear myself.
Randy Poffo 1975 topps baseball card states he is 6'1
I'm pretty sure Hogan weighed well in excess of 300lbs at his peak but probably not by the time of the Mega Powers - he was down to about 290 by then and probably 280 by the time he wrestled the Warrior at Wrestlemania. As for Savage, I think Hogan said he was 215 legit when they teamed together but Hogan is known for putting others down to big himself up. I can buy Savage at 230 legit at this time and 240-250 at his roided-up biggest towards the end of WCW and when he appeared in 'Spider-Man'. Never more than 6'0''. He looked slightly taller than Bret Hart or Ric Flair and was substantially shorter than Curt Hennig and Ted DiBiase.
I have a photo stood next to Bret about 8 years ago, and I was surprised at how short he was. I'm 5'7, and he didn't tower over me at all. I am not sure he was quite 6 foot.
Warrior was 6'2 wide.
Savage is a legit 6’0
Will you do videos on King Kong Bundy, Big Van Vader, Goldberg, and Scott Hall?
Scott Hall reckoned the Hulk was actually about 320 at WM6.
I know Diamond Dallas Page who was a friend of his said he didn’t think Randy was 6 ft and what’s funny about Randy is there were a lot of times he would kinda stand on his tippy toes out in the ring to be appear taller
Yeah he was great, he just wasn't tall.
4:15 6'2 in that stupid hat 😂
I think 5'11-6'0 is his range. He can't be any taller cause Roddy Piper was 6'1 at his peak and Piper always looked taller than Savage.
I agree.
Nah, minus yhe shoes, 5ft 10-5ft11, was never considered a 6ft guy
Roddy may have been 6ft 1 like arnold in his peak but in his last years, he shrank down to 5ft 9-5ft 10 if you see
5'11 without shoes imo
maybe a little taller?
How tall was Scott Steiner please
DDP has said that Savage wasn't 6'0.
Always check Savage's boots.
At the end of the first Nitro, Savage, Sting, Luger, Hogan in the ring together and Savage looks tiny.
We have to ask Stephanie McMahon
@@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437 they weren't exactly standing during their time together.... lol
British bulldog mate
I know, it's just been awhile, that was embarrassing.
Do Batista, no way he was 6’8”
Not even close.
I remember him billed at 6'5 and 325. More like 6'3. Maybe 325?
@@scott9628 I dont think he was ever that heavy.
@@scott9628 He was Originally billed at 6’8” as Leviathan in Ohio Valley
@@BecauseYoureWrong Before his wrestling days, he probably was. He was a serious weightlifter/bodybuilder. He claimed in a recent interview that he was 320 as 'Deacon Batista' but I saw estimates at the time that he was 290 and he probably dropped 20-30lbs by the time he started winning multiple titles.
6-0 max
British Pitbull😂😂😂
I know I know.
Look when I do these videos, I gather the photos and then arrange them in order, and then I just start talking with the mic on. I try to make my observations and eventual conclusions as natural and organic as possible, but that thought process is distracting.
I once called Paul George ( basketball player) Jeff George ( football player) in a video and never heard then end of it.
I defy any of you to make a bunch of videos looking at a lot of different people and never make a mistake.
@@BecauseYoureWrong I don't make or post videos, so can't say I could do better. It just reduces your credibilty when you make mistakes like that. Perhaps do more editing.
@@peterl2017
Yeah, you're not wrong.
@@BecauseYoureWrongi love the British pitbull comment its close enough hahahahaha
Who cares what how tall he is in football pro wrestling and other things they all lie he was fun to watch that all we need
How do you say 5 ft 11 and a half
I’d say he might have lost an inch or so over the years? 80s savage might be 6ft and maybe later on in the NWO years he was 5’11?
6'2". There. Move on from this clickbait.
Wrong, not even close, thus the point of the video.
@@BecauseYoureWrong This was confirmed by several sources, not to mention that, he's a few inches shorter standing next to Hulk Hogan in those old photos, who Is 6'8".
@@TracyC-nj2tq
5 feet 11 at best.
British bulldog man put some respect on his name dude British Pitbull what the heck
Yeah that's him.
I think I was reading his clothing.
@@BecauseYoureWrong lol it's cool
Didn’t he screw Stephanie McMahon?
I have no idea.
Well this explains why people think I'm near 6' when I'm only 5'9". My posture & long limbs do it, I guess.
Why does it take a 10 plus minute video to just answer the damn question! AND STILL YOU ARE ONLY SPECULATING! What a waste of time.
If I did a 10 second video just saying he's 5'11.5 would you walk away convinced?
Bret's 5'11". I think Randy was 6', maybe 6'1/2".
hes 6.05 tall